Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 19:14
Fire — The fire of rebellion, kindled by Zedekiah, who is of the blood — royal. No strong rod — The regal dignity is ceased.
Fire — The fire of rebellion, kindled by Zedekiah, who is of the blood — royal. No strong rod — The regal dignity is ceased.
Verse Ezekiel 19:14. _FIRE IS GONE OUT_] A vindictive and murderous disposition has taken hold- _OF A ROD OF HER BRANCHES_] Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, who was of the blood-royal of Judah- _HATH DEV...
FIRE IS GONE OUT - Compare the marginal reference. Zedekiah is regarded, like Abimelech, as all usurper and the ruin of his people....
JUDAH THE VINE. The figure changes, as in Genesis 49:8, from lion to vine, and the king whose destiny is foreshadowed is this time Zedekiah. Judah is described as a fruitful vine, one of whose mighty...
OF. ROD: or, of the rod: i.e. Zedekiah, who byhis perjury brought about the destruction of Jerusalem by fire,...
The fate of Zedekiah and his country, on which he has brought ruin Israel was once a spreading vine by great waters; her branches rose into the clouds, and her rods were rulers" sceptres a powerful r...
The fire that consumed the vine went out from her own rods. The royal house brought destruction on the nation as well as on itself. Reference is to the rebellion of Zedekiah. _gone out of a rod_ Poss...
AND FIRE IS GONE OUT OF A ROD OF HER BRANCHES— This alludes to Ishmael, who conspired against Gedaliah, and perished not long after; so that no hope remained that any one of the royal blood of David w...
B. Dirge over Judah's Collapse 19:10-14 TRANSLATION (10) Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by waters; she was fruitful and full of branches because of much water. (11) And she had st...
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. FIRE IS...
A LAMENT FOR THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JUDAH This chapter is a poem in which the measure used for a dirge or elegy is more or less traceable throughout. It describes first a lioness, two of whose whelps are...
OUT OF A ROD, etc.] Zedekiah's rebellion was the cause of the ruin of the nation....
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 19 * This chapter contains a sad song. It describes events...
FIRE IS GONE OUT OF A ROD OF HER BRANCHES. — The rods, as shown in Ezekiel 19:11, are the royal sceptres of her kings. It was by the sin and folly of these kings, together with the sins and follies of...
וַ תֵּצֵ֨א אֵ֜שׁ מִ מַּטֵּ֤ה בַדֶּ֨יהָ֙ פִּרְ
THE END OF THE MONARCHY Ezekiel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:1; Ezekiel 19:1 IN spite of the interest excited by Ezekiel's prophetic appearances, the exiles still received his prediction of the fall of Jerusalem...
The last section in the prophet's revelation of the righteousness of reprobation consists of his lament over the fallen princes of Judah. He first referred to Jehoahaz, the son and successor of Josiah...
And fire hath gone out (i) of a rod of her branches, [which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod [to be] a sceptre to rule. This [is] a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation....
_Fire. Ismael, who slew Godolias, was of the royal family, Jeremias xli., &c. (Calmet)_...
REFLECTIONS READER! how truly blessed it is, that, amidst all the lamentable circumstances attending Israel and Judah, the God of Israel and Judah is the same, and the worth and efficacy of His salvat...
The Prophet here useth another figure similar to the one adopted in Ezekiel 15:1. The former prosperity of Jerusalem is elegantly represented, as a vine planted in a fruitful place by the rivers of wa...
Here the Prophet comes down to the close of their woes, when Zedekiah was dragged into captivity, and so the people’s independence was abolished. God had formerly planted that vine, or at least some o...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 contains an important principle of the dealings of God, unfolded at that period. God would judge the individual according to his own con...
AND FIRE IS GONE OUT OF A ROD OF HER BRANCHES,.... By "her branches" are meant the rest of the Jews left in the land; and by the "rod" of them King Zedekiah, now on the throne, when this prophecy was...
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, [which] hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod [to be] a sceptre to rule. This [is] a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. Ver....
_Thy mother is like a vine_ Here another similitude is made use of, and the Jewish nation is compared, as it frequently is in other places, to a vine. _In thy blood_ So the Hebrew and Vulgate; but the...
CONCERNING THE MOTHER OF KINGS...
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, literally, "of its boughs," the destruction proceeding from within, WHICH HATH DEVOURED HER FRUIT, ruining all the blessings which had been vouchsafed to...
10-14 Jerusalem was a vine, flourishing and fruitful. This vine is now destroyed, though not plucked up by the roots. She has by wickedness made herself like tinder to the sparks of God's wrath, so t...
This verse gives you account of the immediate cause of this hasty, furious, total pulling up of this vine. AND FIRE, of rebellion, will be kindled by a rod of her branches, Zedekiah, who is of the blo...
Ezekiel 19:14 Fire H784 out H3318 (H8799) rod H4294 branches H905 devoured H398 (H8804) fruit H6529 strong...
‘This is a lamentation, and will be for a lamentation.' A lamentation is a suitable ending to Chapter s 12-19. They have depicted the failure of Israel-Judah to respond to God's goodness and gracious...
“But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, And the east wind dried up her fruit, Her strong rods were broken off and withered, The fire consumed them. And now she is planted...
CONTENTS: Lamentation for princes of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: God's ministers who have foretold His judgments upon sinners should bitterly lament the destruction of sinners when...
Ezekiel 19:2. _Thy mother was a lioness she brought up one of her whelps; it became a young lion._ These words are cited from Jacob's testamentary benedictions, in which Judah is called a lion's whelp...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 19:1 Ezekiel presents two further political allegories (vv. Ezekiel 19:1 and vv. Ezekiel 19:
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 19:10 For details, see the parable of the eagles and the vine in ch. Ezekiel 17:1. Whereas the lioness-and-cubs story fixed attention on the fate of individuals, the vine-an
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 19:10. The prophet laments for the destruction of the kingdom, and banishment of the people, under the parable of a wasted vine. Ezekiel 19:10. “LIKE A VINE IN THY BLOOD.” T...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 19:1 The two sections of this chapter—Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:10 -are respectively two parables of the same type as that of...
Moreover, take thou up a lamentation (Ezekiel 19:1) So this is a lamentation. Notice at the beginning he says a lamentation and then at the end he said, "This is a lamentation and shall be a lamentat...
2 Chronicles 36:13; 2 Kings 24:20; Amos 9:11; Ezekiel 17:18;...